Risk factors and mortality of patients with nosocomial carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia
Y Zheng, Y Wan, L Zhou, M Ye, S Liu, C Xu… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii is characterized by strictly aerobic, gram-
negative, nonmotile, nonlactose-fermenting, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive
coccobacilli, and the combination of its environmental resilience and its rapid development
of resistance to multiple classes of antimicrobials renders it a successful nosocomial
pathogen. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify specific risk factors and
outcome of nosocomial pneumonia because of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter …
negative, nonmotile, nonlactose-fermenting, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive
coccobacilli, and the combination of its environmental resilience and its rapid development
of resistance to multiple classes of antimicrobials renders it a successful nosocomial
pathogen. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify specific risk factors and
outcome of nosocomial pneumonia because of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter …